BIN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIN is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does BIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A container for rubbish or for storage.
Bin is one of very few English words taken from Celtic, and it originally meant a manger or a basket. In British use it means rubbish first, and the verb to bin something is simply to throw it away.
How BIN is used
Countable. The verb is chiefly British.
- The bin goes out on Tuesday and comes back on Wednesday.
- He binned the whole draft and started again.
- A bin for glass and another for everything else.
- The word bin came into English from Celtic.
- Two bins for a household of six is not enough.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIN
The 3 tiles of BIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BIN
Showing 24 of 93 words that begin with BIN.
Words ending in BIN
Showing 24 of 43 words that end in BIN. Useful as a back hook: play BIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with BIN inside
Showing 24 of 663 words that contain BIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BIN
Common questions about BIN
- Is BIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIN worth?
- BIN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIN mean?
- A container for rubbish or for storage.
- What letters can be added to BIN?
- BIN takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BIN:
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